CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XLVII.
New York City and Harbor. — Effects of the War. — Grand Ball in New York. — The Treaty of Ghent. — Napoleon’s Return from Elba. — The Commercial Convention. — Diplomatic Affairs. — Philanthropy. — Importance of New York in History. — The Erie Canal Project. — De Witt Clinton. — The Canal Meeting. — Clinton’s Celebrated Memorial. — Action of the Legislature. — The Canal Commissioners. — Importations. — Finances. — Slavery. — The new Canal Bill of 1817. — Incredulity. — Opposition. — The Battle of the Bill. — Breaking Ground. — Charities. — The Deaf arid Dumb Asylum. — Societies. — Sabbath Schools. — The Common-School System. — Emigration. — Pauperism in the City. — Designing the National Flag. — The First Savings Bank. — The Yellow Fever. — Charles Matthews. — Edmund Kean. — Interior of the Park Theater. — Social Life of New York. — President Monroe. — The Gouverneurs of New York. — Great Political Blunder of 1824. — Re-election of Governor Clinton. — Lafayette’s Arrival in New York City. — Breaking Ground for the Ohio Canal. — Lafayette’s Tour through the Country. The Van Cortlandt Manor-house 665-695
CHAPTER XLVIII.
Preparations for Canal Celebration in New York City. — Opening of the Erie Canal. — The First Canal-boats reaching the Metropolis. — The Aquatic Display. — The Ceremony of uniting the Waters of Lake Erie and Atlantic Ocean. — Procession in the City. — The Illumination. — The Ball. — The Medals. — Modern New York. — Mayor Philip Hone. — Founding of the Mercantile Library. — The New York Athenaeum. — Literary Men. — Early Clubs of New York. — Residences of Prominent New-Yorkers in 1826. — Public Buildings erected. — Death of Adams and Jefferson. — The two Great New York Rivals. — Clinton’s Re-election. — The Leake and Watts Orphan Home. — John Watts. — Albert Gallatin. — Death of Clinton. — The Apprentices’ Library. — Right Rev. John Henry Hobart. — Episcopal Theological Seminary — University of the City of New York. — Washington Square. — The Union Theological Seminary. — Institution for the Blind. — First Horse-railroad in the City. — Steam Locomotives. — Return of Washington Irving from Europe. — Riots and Disturbances. — The Great Fire of 1835 . . . . . . . 696 - 726
CHAPTER XLIX.
New York suffering for Water. — Introduction of Gas. — The Croton Aqueduct. — Murray Hill Reservoir. — Croton River flowing into the City. — Celebration of the great Achievement. — Election of Martin Van Buren to the Presidency. — Financial Crisis of 1837. — Failures. — Suspension of Specie Payments by ail the Banks in America. — Influence of James G. King. — England sending Gold to New York. — The Country Relieved. — Banks of 1880. — Moneyed Institutions. — Prisons. — The Tombs. — City Correctional and Charitable Institutions. — Penny Journalism. — The Great Newspaper System. — Founding of the Prominent New York Journals. — The Italian Opera. — Poets of" 1837. — Columbia College Anniversary. — Dedication of the University. — Invention of the Magnetic Telegraph. — Adoption of the Morse System. — Professor Samuel F. B. Morse. — Honors of the World. — Great Political Excitement of the Decade. — Victory of the Whigs. — The Great Fire of 1845 in New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727 - 747
CHAPTER L.
Contrasts. — Area of the City. — The Harbor in 1880. — Population. — Union Square. — Madison Square. — War with Mexico. — Discovery of Gold in California. — The Astor Place Riot. — The Seventh Regiment. — The Astor Library. — John Jacob Astor. — The Crystal Palace. — The Waddell Mansion. — Murray Hill. — Glimpse of Social Life. — Fifth Avenue Residences. — The Churches of New York. — Church Architecture. — Rev. Dr. William Adams. — Sabbath Schools of the City in 1880. — Philanthropy. — Tenement Houses. — Association for improving the Condition of the Poor. — Asylums. — Hospitals. — Five Points. — Archibald Russell. — Central Park. — Financial Crisis of 1857. — Police Riots, — The Atlantic Cable. — The Civil War. — Action of New York. — The Draft Riot. — Academy of Design. — William Cullen Bryant. — Assassination of Lincoln. — Union League Club. — Lenox Library. — Metropolitan Museum of Art. — Museum of Natural History. — Cooper Institute. — Merchants and Public-spirited Citizens. — The Elevated Railroads. — The Brooklyn Bridge. — Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . 748-787
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